Guns of brixton

T. Rex, “Children of the Revolution” single from Yugoslavia.

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A rare photo of James Dean taken on the set of East of Eden.

"We Are Not Nazis"  

Paul Simonon, 1981

It turns out that a large number of tumblrs have been deleted - especially Morrissey/The Smiths ones - because if there’s any photos on your blog belonging to him,…

Joe Strummer’s handwritten lyrics for London Calling, 1979

YOU ARE CRIME

Keith Haring in 1989: “Unfinished Painting”. Haring died few months after and this is his last painting. This is supposed to be a self-portrait. Haring knew he wouldn’t have enough time to finish it. This is one of the saddest but certainly the most powerful thing I’ve ever seen.

i feel like this distinction is important? there are many artists who died due to hiv/aids and left unfinished work, but haring made this specifically to comment on his impending death. i feel like stating that it’s actually unfinished takes away some of his agency as an artist/activist/pwa and the political power of the work.